About
Commander, then Captain, of ISV Endurance — second officer at departure, the finest line officer aboard her, and the apparent protagonist of Spent Light. After the sabotage she carries the deck while Mercer carries the room (split authority: deck/operations hers, mission/people his — she refuses the captain's chair). At the handover Mercer releases his emergency authority to her over Halloran's formal objection; her acceptance is on the record — "Then I'll take it. God help us both." She states she never wanted the chair, distrusts orders and her own read in equal measure, will hate every call and make it anyway. Her last word in is "Mark." — the commit into the cold junction.
Commander, then Captain, of ISV Endurance — second officer at departure, the finest line officer aboard her, and the apparent protagonist of Spent Light. After the sabotage she carries the deck while Mercer carries the room (split authority: deck/operations hers, mission/people his — she refuses the captain's chair). At the Book 1 chapter 27 handover Mercer releases his emergency authority to her over Halloran's formal objection; her acceptance is on the record — "Then I'll take it. God help us both." She states she never wanted the chair, distrusts orders and her own read in equal measure, will hate every call and make it anyway. Her last word in Book 1 is "Mark." — the commit into the cold junction. Killed in action in The Wrong Side (Book 2 chapter 17 making a hard call: not a mistake, the bill of command coming due, no lingering speech.
Career
Before 2240: an earlier posting where she followed orders to the letter and people died anyway (bible — the wound). - 2240: Second officer, ISV Endurance. Deck authority after the sabotage. Captain, ISCA-FC, from Book 1 chapter 27. - 26 September 2241: Killed in action, Book 2 chapter 17 (Soto's certificate, chapter 18.
Relationships
- aaron vance — Mentor; the register she cannot replicate.
- julian mercer — Friction into partnership; he hands her the chair; her death hands it back.
- maria soto — The private-cracks relationship; the one place the captain stops performing.
- daniel holt — The first officer whose judgement the ship loses when she needs it.